No Plan To Cushion Hardship In Rivers – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has decried the absence of any initiative by the Governor Siminalayi Fubara-led administration, to cushion the negative effects of the present decline in the economic situation in Nigeria, on the people of the state.

Chairman of APC caretaker committee in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, who disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, expressed displeasure over alleged dearth of governance in the state under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state.

Okocha stated that while other states in the country are mobilising for industrialisation for food security in the face of the current economic hardship in the country, the current Rivers State government is not doing anything.

He said the APC in the state cannot be in cahoot with a faceless government, insisting that the state must maintain her pride of place in the comity of states.

The APC leader stated that what Rivers people expect from Fubara at the moment is for him to think outside the box to compliment the efforts of the federal government, just like his colleagues in other states and de-emphasise his inanities of street marches and charade in the name of thanksgiving.

Okocha said: “I dare him to take the challenge as Gov. Sanwo Olu of Lagos State did, to face the Press in public glare and explain policies and antidotes and viable solutions to the current economic situation in the country.

“I read that Niger State Governor procured 1000 tractors to work over a 10,000 hectare of land. This gesture will necessarily provide employment for at least 1000 unemployed.

“Borno State Governor is on the hinterlands of Borno distributing food stuffs and materials to the people, to cushion the effects of the economic miasma. Anambra State Governor also acquired a large number of tractors for farming.”

He assured that there is a glimmer of hope that Nigeria will be out of her economic doldrums, adding that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is exploring and exhuming all possible means to right the wrongs of yesteryears.